Really sorry for this disconnected email, this is a second add-on comment for my previous email: you may be interested to know, that as i tried out different diacritical marks from the special character menu, there were errors with other diacritical marks also. Quite a few of them are buggy.
Thanks! On 9 December 2011 09:16, Sabine Hadgkiss <a4a43...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is just an add-on comment to my previous email: While I am typing the > documents, they look fine. It is after saving them and re-opening them, > that they are suddenly scrambled. They also get scramble when they are > being printed. > > Thanks! > > On 9 December 2011 09:11, Sabine Hadgkiss <a4a43...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> http://www.languagegeek.com/font/fontdownload.html This is the >> Language-Geek website. >> >> I am mainly using the Aboriginal Sans. A couple of weeks ago, a long time >> after using this (as I explained earlier, I am using macros to put special >> characters into my writings) these macros suddenly crashed and disappeared >> from LibreOffice and I had to reinstall something again. But the problem >> with the scrambling even occurred long before this happened. (I believe, >> the offending character may have been the one that will be listed under >> "Diacritical marks" after the download of the font in the special character >> settings under the number U+0312) As my macros also disappeared lately, I >> reinstalled a slightly different character for the same purpose, trying out >> if this would make a difference. I am not sure about this yet, as it has >> only been a few days. >> >> I do not have good copies of the files that were scrambled, no matter >> where I get them from, even back-ups, certain files show up scrambled. Some >> files from way back when are all-right, and some files are not. It seems to >> be related to some version changes in the software. (I had problems with >> version-changes before, i.e. in impress, where the" insert movie and sound >> feature" suddenly stopped working -still works in the original files before >> the break occurred-, and I had to do things differently to play sounds >> with the files. But this is a different matter, that also has never been >> fixed.) >> >> Sorry to not have the original files unscrambled, they are wrecked now. >> >> I am attaching the previous document again, AND I have highlighted what I >> believe to be the offending character (the comma or accent on the top). >> This character goes all over the place, some of them are even entirely off >> the document, see attached screen-shot. >> >> After downloading the font, I chose the two characters I need to combine >> with the letters and record a macro with the fantastic macro-recording >> feature, which seems to be working again. (It was going well for years >> without breaking. The recorded characters just worked, and the documents >> were just fine.) >> >> After recording the macro, I went into the customization features and >> assigned the F3 and F5 key to use for insertion of the accent. (I use F4 >> for Accentuate). [So I had three macros running: Accentuate, and the two >> special characters, one of which crashed and caused the scrambling. The two >> self-recorded macros were the ones that disappeared and the accentuate one >> was still alive, when this part crashed. But that was much later than the >> scrambling.] >> >> I also experienced system crashes. At the time I had Firefox and >> LibreOffice running, and an update manager notification showing up, and >> VOILA it logged me out. I don't know if this is related or something else. >> This is on Kubuntu 11.10. On Unity it was even more buggy, Libre-Office >> constantly crashed in various ways. It was not compatible with work. >> >> A while ago, I also opened Libreoffice in Terminal, and it gave me an >> error message, which has now disappeared. I am also attaching the Java >> error file for your information (I don't know if this has anything to do >> with this, or is another issue.) >> >> I tried many different things, for week I have been combing the Internet >> now to figure this out. I also installed everything JAVA, that I could find >> in Synaptics, and found a new version 7. Now, at least, I am not getting >> JAVA errors any more, at least so far. I also uninstalled KDE-integration, >> as this was recommended at one bug-reporting website. >> >> I hope the scrambled documents are not beyond repair, but I fear they >> are. I also hope, that whatever is causing this will not continue and be >> fixable. >> >> I just experienced a SYSTEM-Crash again! Maybe there are more bugs to >> report. Do you think it is advisable to do a fresh install (I have been >> trying to avoid this, because it means days and days of work, and putting >> me behind in my other work.), because this is Kubuntu on top of multiple >> upgrades and Ubuntu 11.10? Would that fix things, or does it not matter? >> It appears to be mostly the UPDATES, which are crashing the whole system. >> >> I thank you for all your efforts at figuring this out, it is greatly >> appreciated. I also apologize for being so difficult to work with, most of >> the underpinnings of the software are unfamiliar to me. >> >> Thanks again for all the support and for working on this problem, >> >> Sabine >> >> >> >> On 9 December 2011 03:14, Christopher M. Penalver < >> christopher.penal...@gmx.com> wrote: >> >>> sabine, could you please answer the following questions: >>> >>> + I am typing in Secwepemctsin (or shuswap). I downloaded aboriginal >>> font from language geek" >>> >>> Could you please post a direct link to the specific font file you >>> downloaded? >>> >>> + While you attached the file that is already scrambled, we also need a >>> copy of the file before it has been scrambled and step-by-step >>> instructions to reproduce the scrambling. Could you please attach this >>> file? >>> >>> -- >>> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug >>> report. >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/901896 >>> >>> Title: >>> scrambled words in LibreOffice >>> >>> Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: >>> Incomplete >>> >>> Bug description: >>> I am running Kubuntu (switched from Ubuntu 11.10). I am preparing >>> school-work and learning-materials in Libre-Office (formerly >>> OpenOffice.org). I have countless hours and years of material. >>> >>> Lately certain special characters, which I have to use for the >>> aboriginal language I am writing in, appear to scramble my words, and >>> they become unreadable and documents are unusable. >>> >>> I do NOT know WHAT is causing this or which program is causing this, >>> but it happens in LibreOffice documents (writer). >>> >>> HELP, PLEASE!!! >>> >>> I need to get this fixed in order to NOT loose a lifetime of >>> documents. >>> >>> I am NOT a computer expert, so I do not know what else to do., or even >>> how this is properly reported. >>> >>> THANK YOU in advance! >>> --- >>> ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 >>> Architecture: i386 >>> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 >>> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 >>> (20100816.1) >>> NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx >>> Package: libreoffice 1:3.4.4-0ubuntu1 >>> PackageArchitecture: i386 >>> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-13.22-generic-pae 3.0.6 >>> Tags: oneiric >>> Uname: Linux 3.0.0-13-generic-pae i686 >>> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-17 (52 days ago) >>> UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout fax lp lpadmin netdev >>> nopasswdlogin plugdev sambashare >>> >>> To manage notifications about this bug go to: >>> >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/901896/+subscriptions >>> >> >> > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/901896 Title: scrambled words in LibreOffice To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/901896/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
